Legal Counsel

We are hiring our first legal counsel to build the legal function from the ground up. As the first legal hire, you'll work closely with leadership and across departments to lead all legal matters — with a strong commercial focus. This role is ideal for someone entrepreneurial and commercially minded, who is excited by the opportunity to make a lasting impact at a high-growth startup.

Requirements

• Qualified commercial counsel with training from a top-tier law firm
• 5–10+ years of legal experience, including time spent in-house, preferably at a startup or scaleup
• Strong commercial law experience with demonstrated ability to close complex agreements at pace
• Familiarity with US, and EU legal environments, particularly in privacy, commercial contracts, AI and IP
• A generalist mindset, you are excited to stretch into new areas including employment law and IP
• Strong interest in tech, AI, or IP-heavy industries
• Pragmatic, hands-on, and business-focused — someone who can balance legal risk with commercial opportunity
• Can take initiative and be pro-active on addressing new matters or challenges and can work autonomously as required

Benefits

• Great Learning & Development opportunities, such as our biweekly journal club
• Hybrid working and Flexible working hours with 3 days in the office per week
• Stock Options (subject to performance and time served)
• Dog friendly offices